Effect of NC1, NC1-CUR, NC2 and NC2-CUR on SH-SY5Y cell viability. The cells were treated for 24 h with different dilutions(1:1, 1:2 and 1:4) of empty nanocapsules (NC1 and NC2) and nanocapsules containing curcumin (NC1-CUR and NC2-CUR) followed by measurement of cell viability by MTT reduction assay (panel A) and cell toxicity by LDH release assay (panel B). Data after normalization to vehicle-treated cells (100%, MTT assay) or to total LDH release (TritonX100-treated cells, 100%) are presented as a mean±SEM from 3-8 independent experiments with five replicates. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p

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Effect of NC1, NC1-CUR, NC2 and NC2-CUR on SH-SY5Y cell viability. The cells were treated for 24 h with different dilutions(1:1, 1:2 and 1:4) of empty nanocapsules (NC1 and NC2) and nanocapsules containing curcumin (NC1-CUR and NC2-CUR) followed by measurement of cell viability by MTT reduction assay (panel A) and cell toxicity by LDH release assay (panel B). Data after normalization to vehicle-treated cells (100%, MTT assay) or to total LDH release (TritonX100-treated cells, 100%) are presented as a mean±SEM from 3-8 independent experiments with five replicates. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p